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The ironic thing in this whole internet censorship debacle here in Australia is that this bullshit is being led by the left wing side* of our political system w
by froo 17y ago
The ironic thing in this whole internet censorship debacle here in Australia is that this bullshit is being led by the left wing side* of our political system which one would typically associate with progressive ideals and liberal thinking.
The same party also whole heartedly opposed any plans for Internet censorship in 2003 at the ISP level, which they are now trying to implement themselves.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/web-censorship-plan-heads-towards-a-dead-end/2009/02/26/1235237810486.html?page=fullpage http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/web-censorship... (last 2 paragraphs)
Go figure.
*(I can't say the liberal side, because the Liberal Party here in Australia are the conservatives/right wingers, whereas the Labor Party are the liberal/left wingers and I wouldn't want to confuse the two)
- laut 17y agoI think authoritarian vs. non authoritarian is more useful than left-right. For instance in the US both of the big parties are authoritarian and are pushing big government. To me they are very similar. That it is leftist doing censor ship is not surprising at all, just look at the history. In the US both the term "liberal" has been hijacked by socialists. In the US the term libertarian is used for what in the rest of the world is still called "liberal".
- thomaspaine 17y agoTo be fair, the original usage of the term "libertarian" in a political context was to refer to socialist-anarchists.